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CULTURE AND EDUCATION
St Albans Cathedral Talks and Courses
St Albans Cathedral
offers a full programme of adult learning events designed to explore faith,
history and culture from many angles. It also offers a series of courses within
its ‘Certificate in Theology’ for those wishing to explore Christianity. For more
information click here
OperaVision
OperaVision is opera for the connected world. Watch live streams as the operas themselves unfold in the opera
house. View your favourite performances, subtitled, on demand. Learn about the
art form and specific productions by browsing our richly populated digital
library, stories, and articles. In English, French, and German, thoughtfully
curated, and free to browse and explore. OperaVision brings together 29
partners from 17 countries and invites you to travel and discover the diversity
of opera from wherever you want, whenever you want. Click here to explore OperaVision
The Timeline YouTube channel
An online
resource, full of free to watch history documentaries. Every week we'll be bringing you one-off documentaries and
series from the world's top broadcasters, including the BBC, Channel 4,
Discovery and PBS. We'll be exploring the mysteries of ancient Egypt, shedding
light on the dark ages of medieval Europe and examining the First and Second
World Wars. Click here to
explore the channel
The WEA
Founded in 1903,
the Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) is a charity dedicated to bringing
high-quality, professional education into the heart of communities. With the
support of nearly 3,000 volunteers, 2,000 tutors and over 10,000 members, we
deliver friendly, accessible and enjoyable courses for adults from all walks of
life. The St Albans branch runs daytime courses, and our main audience is
similar to that of the U3A. Our courses typically cover subjects in Art,
History, Music and Current Affairs, and you do not need any previous knowledge
or qualifications to join. Booking can be done online, by phone or by post.
Details of courses can be found on the national WEA website.
Gresham College Lectures
Gresham College was
founded in 1597 and has been providing free lectures within the City of London
for over 400 years. Today the College continues this four-century-old and
upholds its founding principle in maintaining the highest possible academic
standards for all its appointed Gresham Professors, Visiting Professors and
visiting speakers.
All the College's 130+ lectures and events each year are free and open to all.
They take place at a number of venues within the City of London and beyond. The
College has been recording its lectures since the 1980s so for those unable to
attend, there are now over 1,900 lectures freely available online in text,
audio or video formats. For further information about past and future lectures,
visit Gresham
Free Entry to English Heritage Sites
Did you know that
you can make free educational visits to English Heritage sites? Well you can by
visiting the Education Visit page of the EH website
and filling in the application form that's downloadable there
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